Barcelona supervisor Hansi Flick says the membership are ready to seek out out extra element in regards to the ankle harm that compelled Lamine Yamal to overlook Sunday’s 1-0 defeat at Actual Sociedad.
The Catalan giants suffered simply their second La Liga defeat of the season towards La Actual, permitting fierce rivals Actual Madrid to shut the hole on the high of the desk to 6 factors after their thumping 4-0 win over Osasuna.
Yamal, who was just lately awarded the Kopa Trophy on the 2024 Ballon d’Or ceremony, had performed in Barcelona’s 12 La Liga fixtures beforehand, scoring 5 objectives and aiding seven extra, however was compelled to overlook the sport due to an ankle harm picked up within the midweek Champions League win over Purple Star Belgrade.
Talking after the sport, a involved Flick admitted Barcelona had no selection however to depart Yamal out forward of the worldwide break, hinting that he hopes Spain’s medical employees will come to identical the conclusion.
“The docs will deal with it; they may converse with the Federation’s medical crew. I imagine that if he did not play at present, there weren’t any choices,” Flick stated. “Now we have to simply accept it, and the Federation will make the fitting choice.
“I’ve additionally been within the Federation’s place. You must settle for it; they may make the fitting choice, I am certain, as a result of Lamine is essential to them as nicely, after all.”
Pressed on a possible return date for Yamal, Flick was up entrance in saying that he did not know. “I am undecided,” he retorted. “I hope we will discover out extra about his situation at present. However we do not have something clear. As quickly as we all know, we are going to let you recognize.”
The German additionally accepted Barca had not been adequate towards Actual Sociedad, suggesting poor choice making at very important instances was a primary issue within the defeat.
“It was actually not our day. Now we have to simply accept this consequence, I believe they performed with willpower,” Flick mused. “It’s clear what we noticed and there aren’t any excuses, we didn’t create sufficient probabilities. We began very nicely with the ball. I used to be completely happy, however then we started to undergo and their objective got here. Within the last third, we made unhealthy selections.”
